Three Categories of Spending

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Last year, if a company spent a total of $1,200,000 on marketing, salaries, and administrative costs, how much did it spend on salaries?

(1) Last year, the total amount that the company spent on salaries and administrative costs was 50 percent of the amount that it spent on marketing.

(2) Last year, the amount that the company spent on salaries was 25 percent of the total amount it spent on marketing and administrative costs.